Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-09-19

GENT and paid for The weight -
reported by Ellis was. grosS -
-are =. uer z19 The weights were
Marked On The barrel and the goods
shiDped 70 Dodge Il OlcurT, New
York: price received Tor the oil Z 7
cents 5 pound. When ne p@---e~ r
.-siving the oil discovered that Il was
authenticated they refused 70 take
il. and further refused 70 pay Tor Oh
previously shipped. which they did
not claim 70 be spurious After con
siderable delay and much coueSpon-
dence. The adulterated oil was taken
81 > cents : pound. The New
York parties refused 70 take any
more oil PlIlsburv claimed heavy
amages from the los. and IL
furv % his reputation by having
sent bad oil 70 his customers Pills
bury sold the parties during the sea-
~on over - barrels Of oil Mr.
Pllsburv gave : detalIed history Of
the oil transaction: stated that he
-an several OF stills himself. bought
oil Of different parties. received Ms
OIL. made By Glover parties through
!. P Ellis. agent. though Ellis had
little 10 do with the business except
. weigh OF The oil: had four bad
barrels. one from VIII Mason. TWO
rom Sargent and one from Ellis,
WHICH was made by other parties
gave figures and statements % show
now he different barrels were iden-
G6ed: usually shipped TWO barrels
81 time: gave directions 70 The
parties not 70 I'll barrels TOO full.
The bills received from New YORK
3 70 the amount Of oil IN the sew
eral barrels were almost identical
with the figures Oh his bookS-some-
times little less, sometimes 5 little
more. The plaintiff introduced the
deposition q the New y ork parties
70 whom the oil was sent. Benz
Blossom. salesman and agent for
Dodge < Olcurr. stated that he had
p bblz q oil Of PIlsbury: four
5bls were adulrerared with kerosene !:
every barrel i weighed. examined
and reported BY the clerk. Exam
med the oil himself BY specific gravity
and By smell. The gravity Of pure
cedar oil ! 925. this was $50: ker-
osane weighs -e5: by computation
Il turned out that the aduIterated
oil contained > per cent Of kerosene
The odor OF kerosene was precept-
be. Bottles Of oil which were
drawn from the same barrels. sealed
bv the witness and assistant. and
which had been kept under q lock and
key were produced IN court with
dates al upon them. Another depo-
sirion from the general supt. Of the
oil department Of Dodge & OIcuu.
who stated the same facts q given
/ above. The deponent. after the
clerks reported the oil bad made 2
| personal examination. Two other
| dispositions Of the same import from
those who examined the oils we're
read. Here the plaintiff rested his
case 4. f Sargent defendenr
/ testified that he made 4 contract
with Pllsburv 70 furnish three o.
more barrels Of oil for 3 cents :
pound made I've barrels. ny broth
= helping ne. Did not adulterat5
the oil OF allow any one 70 do Il
hired three hands 10 help ne MAKE
OIL. Sargent gave 81 account o.
how and where II was made. TIT
part Ellis had in the transaction
the delivering a depot, the name
Of receiving his pay, etc Aaron
Sargent. 3 brother. testified tina
he took the last barrel 70 depot ant
received pay Of PiIlsburv- He Re
: ceived So too much. owing 70
/ mistake made by Ellis. Z. \
: Cook. counsel for the defendent
E was put Oh 10 the stand and testifie,
: relative 70 the taking Of the depo
sition testimony in New York. H
had several bottles Of oil, which Il
: claimed were q pure cedar oil. adul
2 terated By various per cents Of kero
: sene which were shown the jury
I Several letters written BY PIlsbur
: were produced By the defense.
The case hinged largely on Ii
: fact whether the Plaintiff could prov
that the identical barrels Of oil h
purchased Of Sargent were the sam
that the New York parties reporte
spurious. and whether he could sho7
: that no other parties could have Ia
! 10 do with the authorizations. In II
7 nature Of the case the matter va
: difficult. and the jury after being on
several hours failed TO agree an
were discharged. The case wa
ably managed By Grout & Miles 70
Plf. Cook & Thompson for DIT.
The next case was Larabee 7
Bowley. a replevian suit In which
verdict Of l cent damages and cost
was given the Plf-
The divorce case Jondro Is Jondr
: was the next jury case. The les
z said about this the better. as 2 specs
{ jury has been drawn for Monday [
! trv the woman on an Indictment fo
l keeping q house Of III fame.
= The court heard the cases Titte